The SNP could increase their number of Westminster seats more than eight-fold from six to 52 at next year’s general election, according to a new poll.
Research by Survation will make harrowing reading for Labour as two per cent of Scottish voters completely trust Ed Miliband, while the party’s number of MPs is predicted to drop from 40 to five.
The survey of 1,001 Scots for the Daily Record shows the SNP would win 45.8 per cent of the popular vote in Scotland, Labour 23.9 per cent, the Conservatives 16.7 per cent and the Lib Dems 6.1 per cent.
If that swing was repeated uniformly across the country, it would mean the SNP winning 52 seats, Labour five and the Tories and Lib Dems one each.
Only two per cent completely trust Miliband, while a further seven per cent mostly trust him and 20 per cent slightly trust him. In contrast, 59 per cent mostly or completely distrust him.
That means his ratings are slightly worse than David Cameron. Two per cent completely trust the Conservative Prime Minister but 12 per cent mostly trust him.
New SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon enjoys much higher trust ratings, with 16 per cent completely trusting her.
SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson said: “With a majority of people in Scotland saying they distrust Cameron, Clegg and Miliband, this poll is a disaster for all of the Westminster parties, but it is utterly devastating for Ed Miliband whose party in Scotland is in meltdown.”
A Labour spokesman said: “The only poll that matters is the one on May 7 next year. The general election is a clear choice between David Cameron, who wants to cut tax for the rich, or Labour, who will tax the bankers to support a jobs guarantee for young people.
“Every vote for the SNP is a vote to elect a Tory Government.”